TCL

Based on 9633 responses from 759 people, we've built up the following picture of TCL

Most similar to

  1. ActionScript
  2. Io
  3. REBOL
  4. AWK
  5. Lua

Most dissimilar from

  1. C
  2. C++
  3. Java
  4. C#
  5. Fortran

All statements

  1. I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application
  2. This language is likely to be a passing fad
  3. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
  4. I would use this language for casual scripting
  5. This language excels at text processing
  6. This language excels at symbolic manipulation
  7. This language is minimal
  8. I would use this language for a desktop GUI project
  9. This language is best for very small projects
  10. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  11. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  12. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features
  13. The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.
  14. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
  15. I often write things in this language with the intent of rewriting them in something else later
  16. It is too easy to write code in this language that looks like it does one thing but actually does something else
  17. I find this language easy to prototype in
  18. I would use this language to write a command-line app
  19. Code written in this language will usually run in all the major implementations if it runs in one of them.
  20. This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.
  21. This language is very flexible
  22. This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).
  23. This language would be good for teaching children to write software
  24. This is a high level language
  25. This language matches it's problem domain particularly well.
  26. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
  27. This language is good for beginners
  28. This language has many features which feel "tacked on"
  29. This language is expressive
  30. This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.
  31. This language has a good community
  32. This language has unusual features that I often miss when using other languages
  33. Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language
  34. I would use this language for a web project
  35. I usually use this language on solo projects
  36. Code written in this language tends to be terse
  37. This language has a niche in which it is great
  38. This language has an annoying syntax
  39. This language has a good library distribution mechanism.
  40. This is a low level language
  41. This language has a very coherent design
  42. I use this language out of choice
  43. I often feel like I am not smart enough to write this language
  44. There is a lot of accidental complexity when writing code in this language
  45. Code written in this language is very readable
  46. This language is unusually bad for beginners
  47. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform
  48. Programs written in this language tend to play well with others
  49. Learning this language significantly changed how I use other languages.
  50. This language has a very dogmatic community
  51. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable
  52. I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to
  53. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  54. It is easy to tell at a glance what code in this language does
  55. Writing code in this language is a lot of work
  56. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces
  57. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  58. Libraries in this language tend to be well documented.
  59. This language encourages writing reusable code.
  60. It is easy to debug programs written in this language when it goes wrong
  61. I often get angry when writing code in this language
  62. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years
  63. This language excels at concurrency
  64. There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language
  65. I would like to write more of this language than I currently do
  66. This language has a high quality implementation
  67. This language has a wide variety of agreed-upon conventions, which are generally adhered to reasonably well, and which increase my productivity
  68. I regularly use this language
  69. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
  70. I would use this language for mobile applications
  71. I find code written in this language very elegant
  72. This language has a very rigid idea of how things should be done
  73. If this language didn't exist, I would have trouble finding a satisfactory replacement
  74. Code written in this language tends to be verbose
  75. It's unusual for me to discover unfamiliar features
  76. I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis
  77. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct
  78. I would use this language for writing server programs
  79. This language is well documented
  80. The resources for learning this language are of high quality
  81. I enjoy using this language
  82. Third-party libraries are readily available, well-documented, and of high quality
  83. When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language
  84. This language is good for distributed computing
  85. There are many good open-source tools for this language
  86. I rarely have difficulty abstracting patterns I find in my code
  87. This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood
  88. I know this language well
  89. Learning this language improved my ability as a programmer
  90. There are many good tools for this language
  91. I would recommend most programmers learn this language, regardless of whether they have a specific need for it
  92. This language is best for very large projects
  93. I usually use this language on projects with many other members
  94. This language is suitable for real-time applications
  95. I use many applications written in this language
  96. I would list this language on my resume
  97. This language is large
  98. If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.
  99. I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time
  100. I find it easy to write efficient code in this language
  101. This language is good for scientific computing
  102. I learned this language early in my career as a programmer
  103. There are many good commercial tools for this language
  104. This language has a strong static type system
  105. This language is good for numeric computing
  106. This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages
  107. This language is likely to be around for a very long time
  108. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient
  109. This is a mainstream language
  110. I know many other people who use this language